  Bruce Hopkins Radio UpdatesOur buddy Bruce Hopkins writes: I have a couple of audio clips on my RadioLIVE page that may be of interest to some of the Torn-ers. I chat with Nicole Roberts who lives in LA and won a costume competition judged by Richard Taylor and Daniel Falconer. Her prize is a trip to NZ. We also talk about the birthday celebrations for JRR Tolkien. I also have a chat which I had with Professor Alexander Gaeta who was one of the inventors of the ‘time cloak’, based on a study carried out at Cornell University. Alexander is a Tolkien fan, and so I asked him if the Elven cloaks could have been created using their amazing discovery. More.. TheOneRing.net: A Look Back at 2011
 Discuss »More about Barlimans, Blu-Ray, ComicCon, Contests, Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Fans, Film Screenings, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, Merchandise, MrCere in New Zealand, New Zealand, NYCC, Other Events, Production, Television, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, TORn TUESDAYS Live!, Warner Bros., WETA Cave, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop Hobbit in 5 Contest Winners AnnouncedLast week ‘Hobbit in 5′ producer Daniel McNicoll announced a contest where we asked you, the fans, to send us your most memorable Tolkien Christmas story. We now have the winners and their stories! Take a look!  1st Place: Andrew Brown: Almost every year my family and friends get me something Lord of the Rings related for Christmas. Here’s a picture of my Christmas collection. I hope there are certain Blu-rays in store for me this year! Hobbit In 5 – Producer Update!Join H5′s Daniel McNicoll as we promote Weta Workshop, John Howe and release new contest information plus Hobbit in 5 update and much much more… NYCC Scavenger Hunt Contest: Spot Simone and Win! In what must be the easiest convention scavenger hunt contest ever, TheOneRing.net and the gang at ‘Hobbit in 5′ bring you ‘Spot Simone’. The rules? Easy! Be on the lookout for our lovely and talented Host Simone Boyce and snap your photo with her. Tweet it out using the hashtag #Spotsimonenycc and don’t forget to include us using ‘@theoneringnet’ and you’re in to win! What’s up for grabs? A selection of LOTR posters and other goodies from the WBShop (WBShop.com) and some other really great secret prizes! So be on the lookout for our ‘Hobbit in 5′ host, Simone, while she’s geeking out with the rest of you, they’re even planning a special location shoot of this week’s ‘Hobbit in 5′ at the convention! So like the graphic says ‘Spot, Snap, Tweet and Win!’. Vote For TORN at Stickam.com Video Contest!TheOneRing.net staffers got together in the new TORn Video Chatroom and put together a fun little contest entry, but only the most popular video will win! Head over to the Facebook contest page and vote for some fellow Ringers with the video “One Group To Rule Them All.” The prize is a new Macbook Air which will help TORn continue doing weekly shows and the various convention presentations. Thanks for the support, and keep a look out for more exciting video chats soon! Vote! Comic-Con 2011 Hobbit Panel by TheOneRing.netTheOneRing.net kicked off San Diego Comic Con 2011 with the very first panel of the convention, Thursday 10 a.m. in room 7AB. Over 1,500 people lined up to secure one of only 480 seats in the room! Hosted by Larry D. Curtis (MrCere) and Cliff Broadway (Quickbeam), with special guest Daniel Falconer of Weta and our friends at Warner Brothers, TheOneRing.net previewed all the Hobbit actors in character and demoed a voiceover clip from Benedict Cumberpatch, the voice of Smaug doing a reading. TORn also announced its fan event surrounding two Sideshow/Weta Gandalf statues that fans in the U.S. and Europe can participate in. (Fandalf@TheOneRing.net) Each fan at the panel was then invited to an exclusively War In The North event and prizes were awarded from Badali Jewelry. Comic-Con 2011 Panel Pt 2 Discuss »More about Characters, ComicCon, Contests, Events, Fans, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community Costume Contest finalists – Best Buy LOTR LaunchWETA founder Richard Taylor and Daniel Falconer judge the costumed finalists live. The surprised winner gets an all expenses paid trip to the set of the Hobbit in New Zealand! WB Sweepstakes to Win Trip for Two to NZ for LOTR: War in the NorthIn celebration of the upcoming action/RPG The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Snowblind Studios are offering fans a once in a lifetime chance to win a trip for two to New Zealand to visit the Hobbiton movie set! To enter, go to www.Facebook.com/lotrwitn and click on the giveaways tab or enter directly using this link: http://www.warnerbros.liquidgaming.net/contest4/share.html. The sweepstakes ends on July 27. Only one entry per person and limited to residents of the United States. The Grand Prize winner will receive roundtrip airfare for two people to New Zealand, 4 nights hotel stays, and a rental car. During the trip they will travel to the North Island of New Zealand to visit the Hobbiton Movie Set from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in a fascinating two-hour guided tour. War in the North to Host Special Event During San Diego’s Comic-Con
To help promote the event, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment joined with other Warner Bros. divisions in sponsoring the hotel key cards at 36 hotels in the San Diego area during the ‘Con. See below for the full details and press release regarding this activity. Middle-earth Madness – A Night to Remember!
Nicole Roberts walked away with the Grand Prize trip to New Zealand with her inspired and creative ‘Showgirl Balrog’ costume. (pics below) As you will see in our photo gallery, the competition was challenging and we’d like to thank all of the contestants for their talented entries! Nicole’s costume was judged as the best by Academy Award Winner Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop with help from Lead Designer Daniel Falconer. (We recently interviewed Daniel here) The LA wing of TheOneRing.net staff was out in full force, and for those of us who could not attend, we’d like to thank them for their tireless efforts to make everything go smoothly! These volunteers spent nearly 15 hours yesterday! So a special thanks to Quickbeam, Cathy, Josh, Suvi, Justin, Peter, Alyse, Catherine, Michael, Echo, Alex, David and Cat from Alleycatscratch.com! We’d like to thank Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Weta Workshop and Best Buy for making this event possible! Click the ‘continue reading’ button to view all of the photos from the event as well as some videos. We’ll be updating them as more come in!
Wired: Visualize The Hobbit, Win Giant Lord of the Rings Blu-ray BoxWant to win a massive, 15-disc Lord of the Rings box set to rule them all? Punch in your expectations for Peter Jackson’s cinematic adaptation of The Hobbit in the comments section below for your chance at winning one of three Blu-ray copies of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition + Digital Copy). Scores of makeshift Orcs and Halflings are expected to line up Monday night in Los Angeles for the Middle-Earth Midnight Madness event marking the $120 box set’s Tuesday release. On hand to sign copies for the first 150 fans in line: Actor John Noble, who creeped out viewers as The Return of the King’s Denethor (and currently stars as Walter Bishop in sci-fi show Fringe). Stuntman Sala Baker, who inhabited various Orcs and even the Dark Lord Sauron in the Rings movie trilogy, will be doing the same. More.. |
 
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and the upcoming 2011 videogame The Lord of the Rings: War in the North invites the general public to a special event at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, during Comic-Con 2011 week. In the heart of San Diego’s Gaslamp District, at 5th Avenue and J Street, fans can experience Middle-earth like never before with a special surprise spectacle, and play the new The Lord of the Rings: War in the North video game months before its official release. Beginning on Wednesday, July 20, fans can text WITN to 82257 or log on to www.warinthenorth.com/comic-con for more details about this not-to-be missed event.
Middle-earth Madness lived up to its name last night as hundreds of fans gathered at the Best Buy in Los Angeles, CA to celebrate the release of The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Trilogy on Blu-Ray. Actors John Noble (Denethor) and Sala Baker (Sauron) signed copies of the Trilogy as fans snatched up the brand new high-def version of the films.